Perez believes in U.S. World Cup win

In Hugo Perez's speech on Sunday at the National Soccer Hall of Fame, he referred to the 1991 FIFA World Cup title won by Mia Hamm and fellow inductee Anson Dorrance.
"I'm still a little jealous," Perez said. "The U.S. still hasn't won a World Cup on the men's side."
Perez is holding out hope that the U.S. will win the World Cup in his lifetime. Perez is 44.
"They have a good program. The federation has a good program. I think it's getting closer," Perez said.
Perez said the U.S. has the ability to produce a winning team; the resources are in place. He said what's needed is for those young athletes to be taught the correct way to play the game technically. Perez acknowledges that with all of the other sports in the U.S., soccer will have to break out of second-tier status.
"It will be a passion for generations coming up," Perez said. "Before it was a pastime, now it's a passion."